492  
FNUS75 KLKN 100252  
FWSLKN  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR JIM MTN FIRE...EIDC DISPATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV  
752 PM PDT THU JUL 9 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2000 PDT ON JULY 09.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
 
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT  
SUNDAY...  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
DEPARTING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DECREASING  
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND. A LOW 10% CHANCE FOR  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WHICH  
WILL DROP TO BELOW 5% SATURDAY. STORMS IF THEY DEVELOP WILL BE  
LIKELY BE DRY WITH A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS  
BEING THE MAIN HAZARDS. PRECIPITATION, IF ANY, WILL REMAIN BELOW  
0.10". OTHERWISE EXTREME HEAT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD THROUGH MONDAY  
AS TEMPERATURES REACH THE LOW 90S TO TRIPLE DIGITS WITH SINGLE  
DIGIT RH VALUES.  
   
REST OF TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.  
MAX HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10%.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 9 MPH.  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.  
MIN HUMIDITY........9 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10%.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 14600 FT  
AGL LATE IN THE MORNING.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 15  
MPH.  
   
FRIDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.  
MAX HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2%.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......13900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT  
AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 9 MPH.  
   
SATURDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.  
MIN HUMIDITY........6 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 9  
TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...4%.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12600 FT  
AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH.  
 
 
FORECASTER...DOUGAN  
REQUESTED BY...IC(T) WHITE NICHOLAS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2617132.0/LKN  
.DELDT 07/09/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL NVEIC@FIRENET.GOV,NWHITE13@ZOHO.COM  
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